459.01 Definitions
459.02 Civil Liability for Parking Infractions; Arrest Prohibited
459.03 Parking Violations Bureau
459.04 Parking Ticket, Service, and Liability
459.05 Answers; Procedures
459.06 Failure to Answer
459.07 Hearing Procedure
459.08 Release of Impounded Vehicles
459.09 Nonliability of Owner
459.10 Parking Ticket Adopted
459.11 Parking Infraction Fines
459.12 Motor Vehicle Registration Hold Due to Nonpayment of Parking Infraction Judgments
The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter of the Traffic Code, shall have the meanings respectively ascribed to them by this section.
(a) “Parking Infraction” means a violation of the following sections of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976:
Parking Waste Collection Vehicles | |
Service Station Parking Restrictions | |
Continuous Violation Tickets | |
Statutory Prohibited Standing or Parking Places | |
Manner of Parallel Parking | |
Physically Handicapped Parking division (h) only | |
Manner of Angle Parking | |
Narrow Roadways and Alleys | |
Hydrant Side of Street | |
Hazardous Traffic Obstructions | |
Hospital Grounds | |
City Property | |
Distance from Theaters | |
Fire Lanes on Public and Private Property | |
Street Cleaning | |
Snow Emergency | |
Bus Stops and Taxi Cab Stands | |
Motor Carriers | |
Truck Zones | |
Trucks and Commercial Vehicles | |
Between Sidewalk and Setback Line | |
Tree Lawn and Private Driveway | |
Private Driveway or Private Property | |
Abandoned Vehicles | |
Reserved Street Parking for U.S. Marshal | |
Valet Parking/Passenger Drop off-Pick up Zones Established; Violations, divisions (e) and (f) only | |
Parking Regulations in Parking Meter Zones | |
Parking Violations | |
Parking Regulations | |
Reserved Parking Spaces at Willard Park Garage | |
Violations, divisions (a), (b), (c) and (d) only | |
Prohibitions, division (a) only; and | |
Parking Areas | |
(b) “Vehicles” has the same meaning as in RC 4511.01.
(c) “Violations Clerk” means the Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court.
(d) “Parking Violations Bureau” means the bureau established by the Council of the City of Cleveland pursuant to RC 4521.04 and Section 459.03 hereof.
(e) “Law Enforcement Officer” has the same meaning as in division (k) of Section 601.01 of these Codified Ordinances and shall also mean employees of the City whose duties include the issuance of parking infraction tickets while engaged in such duty.
(f) “Notification of Infraction” means the notice mailed to the owner or operator of a vehicle involved in a parking infraction pursuant to RC 4521.07 and Section 459.06 hereof.
(g) “Rush Hour Parking Infraction” means a violation of division (n) of Section 451.03 of these Codified Ordinances, occurring on the streets and roadways and during the times specified in Rule Nos. 3, 3-A, 3-B, 4, and 4-A adopted by the Director of Public Safety, as the same may be amended from time to time.
(h) “Court” or “Municipal Court” means the Cleveland Municipal Court, unless specifically identified as another court, in which case it means the specifically identified court.
(Ord. No. 645-06, § 2. Passed 6-12-06, eff. 6-16-06)
The commission of a parking infraction, as defined in division (a) of Section 459.01 of the Codified Ordinances of Cleveland, Ohio, 1976, shall not be considered a criminal offense for any purpose.
A person who commits a parking infraction shall not be arrested as a result of the commission of the violation.
(Ord. No. 1995-84. Passed 9-5-84, eff. 9-6-84)
(a) The City of Cleveland Parking Violations Bureau is hereby established pursuant to RC 4521.04. The Parking Violations Bureau shall be within the office of the Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court. The Parking Violations Bureau has jurisdiction over each parking infraction that occurs within the territory of the City of Cleveland. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, each parking infraction that occurs within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau and the enforcement of each such parking infraction shall be handled pursuant to and be governed by the provisions of this chapter.
(b) The operating costs of the Parking Violations Bureau shall be paid by the City of Cleveland. The Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court is hereby appointed as the Violations Clerk of the Parking Violations Bureau, with authority to appoint deputy clerks, hearing examiners and necessary clerical employees. No person shall be employed as a hearing examiner unless the person is an attorney admitted to the practice of law in this state or formerly was employed as a law enforcement officer.
(c) The fine, penalties, fees, and costs established for a parking infraction shall be collected, retained and disbursed by the Violations Clerk if the parking infraction out of which the fine, penalties, fees and costs arose occurred within the jurisdiction of the Parking Violations Bureau. The Violations Clerk shall provide tickets for parking infractions to law enforcement officers in the Division of Police upon requisition of the Chief of Police and shall also provide tickets for parking infractions upon requisition of the director or commissioner of any other department or division which has employees whose duties include the issuance of parking infraction tickets. Any person requisitioning tickets shall account to the Violations Clerk for all tickets requisitioned at such times as the Violations Clerk shall request. The fine, penalties, fees, and costs collected by the Violations Clerk for a parking infraction shall be disbursed by the Violations Clerk to the City of Cleveland.
(d) The Clerk of Court shall have authority to contract with any non-governmental entity to provide services in processing, collecting, and enforcing parking tickets issued by law enforcement officers and civil judgments and default civil judgments entered pursuant to this chapter. No contract shall affect the responsibilities of hearing examiners as prescribed in this chapter, or the ultimate responsibility of the Violations Clerk to collect, retain, and disburse fines, penalties, fees, and costs for parking infractions and monies paid in satisfaction of judgments and default judgments entered pursuant to this chapter. All contracts entered into by the Clerk of Court shall be subject to approval of City Council.
(e) The Director of Law and the Director of Finance are each authorized to enter into contract on behalf of the Clerk of the Cleveland Municipal Court for the collection of unpaid parking infraction judgments and default judgments. In addition to any other fees or charges authorized by these Codified Ordinances in relation to the commission of a parking infraction, the judgment debtor on unpaid parking infraction judgments or default judgments may be assessed an amount equal to the costs paid by the City to any vendor for the costs of collection of the debt.
(Ord. No. 645-06, § 2. Passed 6-12-06, eff. 6-16-06)
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